UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Simultaneous polls do not violate Constitution’s Basic Structure: Justice Gavai

Q1. Which Union Ministry is the nodal ministry that introduced and is steering the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024 on simultaneous elections in Parliament?

  • A. Ministry of Home Affairs
  • B. Ministry of Law and Justice
  • C. Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
  • D. Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Q2. The Joint Parliamentary Committee currently examining the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024 is chaired by:

  • A. Shri Ram Nath Kovind
  • B. Shri Sushil Kumar Modi
  • C. Shri P.P. Chaudhary
  • D. Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal

Q3. With reference to the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, consider the following statements: 1. The 129th Amendment Bill amends the Constitution, whereas the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill amends ordinary statutes governing certain Union Territory legislatures. 2. The Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill extends the simultaneous-elections framework to the legislatures of NCT of Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu & Kashmir. 3. The two Bills were referred to separate Joint Parliamentary Committees chaired by different members. Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. The 129th Amendment Bill amends the Constitution, whereas the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill amends ordinary statutes governing certain Union Territory legislatures.
  2. The Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill extends the simultaneous-elections framework to the legislatures of NCT of Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu & Kashmir.
  3. The two Bills were referred to separate Joint Parliamentary Committees chaired by different members.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3